#AE51E9#AE51E9

#AE51E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.225 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE51E9
RGB	rgb(174, 81, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 65.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 62.64, -61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 87.75, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.1429 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.225 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1031, 20.7674, 79.2343)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE51E9 #8CE951

analogous

#6251E9 #AE51E9 #E951D8

triadic

#AE51E9 #E9AE51 #51E9AE

tetradic

#AE51E9 #E96251 #8CE951 #51D8E9

square

#AE51E9 #E96251 #8CE951 #51D8E9

split-complementary

#AE51E9 #D8E951 #51E962

monochromatic

#7016AA #941CE0 #AE51E9 #C787F0 #E1BEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AE51E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#AE51E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE51E9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE51E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE51E9	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae51e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 81, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.225 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca88f1',
    500: '#ae51e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae51e9;
$custom-light: #ca88f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae51e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.711,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61953,
    "c": 0.22489,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE51E9

secondary

#C5E7AF

accent

#DA0C5C

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#827D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE51E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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